The Venerable Christine Froude |
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Archdeacon of Malmesbury | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Bristol |
In office | 2011 to present |
Predecessor | Alan Hawker |
Other posts | Acting Archdeacon of Bristol (2013–present) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1995 (deacon) 1996 (priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 June 1947 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | David Froude (m. 1972) |
Children | Two |
Christine Ann Froude (born 6 June 1947) is a British Anglican priest. She has been Archdeacon of Malmesbury since 2011 and Acting Archdeacon of Bristol since 2013.
Froude was born on 6 June 1947 to Winifred Woolcock and Frederick Woolcock. She became an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB) in 1973. Before ordination, she worked for Midland Bank in a number of positions. From 1992 to 1995, she trained for ordination on the Southern Dioceses' Ministerial Training Scheme.
Froude was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1995 and as a priest in 1996. She has spent all her ministry in the Diocese of Bristol. She served her curacy as a non-stipendiary minister of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Stoke Bishop, Bristol between 1995 and 1999.
She was Chaplain of the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust from 1999 to 2001;Dean of Women’s Ministry for the Diocese of Bristol from 2000 to 2011; Priest in charge of St Mary, Shirehampton from 2001 to 2011; and an Honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral from 2001 to 2011.